Who Controls the Future of Texas?
CALENDAR
You Do.
Not the Governor. Not the legislature. Not the Comptroller. The people who pay for it — homeowners, landowners, and buy-in citizens — are the true owners of Texas’s economic future. The Transform Texas plan returns that power where it belongs.
IDENTITY REVEAL
There Are Two Kinds of Taxpayers in Texas
Superficial Taxpayers • Pay sales tax only • Can avoid or reduce contribution • No mandatory investment in Texas • No reward structure either way | True Taxpayers • Pay property + school tax — mandatory • No way to reduce or avoid • Fund the state year after year • Receive zero financial return |
Homeowners and landowners are true taxpayers. They fund the system. Under The Big Deal Legislation, they finally get to control it.
THE PROBLEM WITH POWER
Money flows from your property tax bill to Austin — and rarely comes back. The Comptroller raises appraisals when exemptions are granted, quietly reclaiming what legislators appear to give back. The “no new taxes” slogan is real on paper. The effective tax burden keeps rising. True taxpayers fund the system. They have never been given the power to direct it.
21ST CENTURY TRANSFORMATIONAL AUTONOMY
THE THREE INVESTOR CATEGORIES
Homeowners: Automatic eligibility — you already qualify
Landowners: Automatic eligibility — you already qualify
Buy-In Citizens: Pay the median county property + school tax in full by January 31st = full investor rights, even if you don’t own property
WHAT THE POWER LOOKS LIKE
An eligible investor may choose up to 3 county citizens to fund for skilled vocational training. Partners may combine to invest in up to 6 citizens together. The investment covers tuition, books, tools, certification exams, tutoring, and mentoring — everything needed for success.
Returns:
8% + full principal — disadvantaged citizen successfully completes
5% + full principal — advantaged citizen successfully completes
3% guaranteed risk-free — regardless of whether the investee completes
WHY THIS IS POWER, NOT CHARITY
Charity is optional. Charity is seasonal. Charity does not scale. The Skills Fund is a financial instrument — one where wisdom becomes rational because it is financially incentivized. When an investor’s return depends on a citizen’s success, both parties have skin in the game. That is the difference between a program and a market.
“The illogical reasoning of letting people do it themselves — stumbling through life until a possible career break comes along — is a non-sensical tax giveaway.”
— Jack Daniel Foster Jr., The Message
THE STAKES
Texas has the 9th highest property taxes in the nation. The average Texas homeowner pays over $3,971 annually — more than $900 above the national average median bill. Homeowners spend 22.2% of their income on housing in Texas. True taxpayers have been funding a system that doesn’t invest back in them. The Skills Fund changes that equation.